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in california, my state california republican party used to have 63.2% of voter registration. registered voters in california. republicans. today, for the first time, voter -- republican voter registration in california, this is according to cal-peak has fallen below 30%. democrats hold every statewide office and both the united states senators and of course the big majority of the united states congressional delegation. republican party bob mulholland use to the work for me as political director of the party. is quoted as saying wolves have a better chance of getting off the endangered species list than republicans. [ laughter ] >> bill: the more tea party they get the more they leave average americans behind. the more they're in decline as a party. here is a person -- some of that may be up close and personal. ginger gibson, political reporter for politico was with the romney campaign in boston on tuesday night. joining us on our news line. hi ginger, good morning. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> bill: it was not a happy night there. the word got around pretty clos
in california, my state california republican party used to have 63.2% of voter registration. registered voters in california. republicans. today, for the first time, voter -- republican voter registration in california, this is according to cal-peak has fallen below 30%. democrats hold every statewide office and both the united states senators and of course the big majority of the united states congressional delegation. republican party bob mulholland use to the work for me as political...
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good friend from california, congresswoman barbara lee representing california's ninth congressional district. the great city of oakland california. hey, congresswoman, good morning. >> good morning. glad to be with you, bill. >> bill: glad to you have back here in town. i want to talk a little california before we get started on the fiscal cliff. so the big news california, jerry brown's proposition 30 which is kind of similar to what's been going on here in washington right? he couldn't get anything through the legislature so he went to the people and got his plan passed. >> yes, people in california really got it. they want their children's futures secured. and they're willing to pay a bit more to make sure that our kids have the quality public education that california prides itself on. so it was an uphill battle of course but governor brown took the leadership to really push that prop 30 forward so the people of california have spoken. thank goodness. i hope that members of congress really understand that this is -- it is, bill, very similar to what happened. >> bill: yeah, it w
good friend from california, congresswoman barbara lee representing california's ninth congressional district. the great city of oakland california. hey, congresswoman, good morning. >> good morning. glad to be with you, bill. >> bill: glad to you have back here in town. i want to talk a little california before we get started on the fiscal cliff. so the big news california, jerry brown's proposition 30 which is kind of similar to what's been going on here in washington right? he...
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30, big victory for jerry brown and the people of california. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." for a fresh take on a quick, delicious meal. it's one box with hundreds of possibilities. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] hey hey. hello everybody. monday, june 12th. great to see you today. thankful for being part of the program here, the full court >> bill: we did it big victory for the american people, president obama and a big victory for all of us, we did it again! we gave barack obama four more years in the white house. how exciting. it's what we wanted to happen, it's what we worked to happen, it's what we prayed for to happen and now we have president obama ready to take his agenda and move it forward hopefully with a little more cooperation with republicans in congress than he got the last time around but four more years of bara
30, big victory for jerry brown and the people of california. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." for a fresh take on a quick, delicious meal. it's one box with hundreds of possibilities. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] hey hey....
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so both of these things won in california, and the other thing that won in california was a win against obstructionism by having enough democrats in -- in the legislature to stop the kind of filibustering that was going on there. and then you saw it also in florida, beating back the -- you know, back door let's kill public schools with vouchers. you sanit idaho, beating back this overreach of attesting fixation, and you saw it frankly, in indiana, where one of the poster children of let's bash the teachers was defeated by a teacher. >> bill: is that right? >> yeah. so you are seeing it in the reelection of the president, and the election of so many amazing people in the senate and we're seeing it in state legislatures throughout. bottom line it was unions got out the vote, but more importantly, working families said i want a fair shot and a fair shake -- >> bill: and that starts with education. >> exactly right. >> bill: this headline californians endorse a tax initiative to avoid education cuts. >> exactly. >> bill: that's what the focus was. >> they have seen these cuts for year after
so both of these things won in california, and the other thing that won in california was a win against obstructionism by having enough democrats in -- in the legislature to stop the kind of filibustering that was going on there. and then you saw it also in florida, beating back the -- you know, back door let's kill public schools with vouchers. you sanit idaho, beating back this overreach of attesting fixation, and you saw it frankly, in indiana, where one of the poster children of let's bash...
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is in oakland california. hi c.j. >> caller: hi, there. just a quick reality check from someone who doesn't really like to deal with reality. wasn't -- wasn't there a lot of generals to retire before they got to general petraeus in bush's era? isn't he out of bush's era? i know we want to move forward but he doesn't have a good history or record. even though he's a general it doesn't mean he's an outstanding general. i think that we should take this as a great opportunity to get out of afghanistan because when people have to sell their children in order to try to save their lives we don't need to be there. >> bill: absolutely. we should have been out of afghanistan five years ago c.j. you know that. again. but it is not the issue right here -- the issue right here is should petraeus have had to resign over the affair. what are people saying on twitter? >> on facebook saying this is -- gail says this is getting stupid. sounds like agency jealousy at work. gotcha this and gotcha that has nothing to do with running the country or the country'
is in oakland california. hi c.j. >> caller: hi, there. just a quick reality check from someone who doesn't really like to deal with reality. wasn't -- wasn't there a lot of generals to retire before they got to general petraeus in bush's era? isn't he out of bush's era? i know we want to move forward but he doesn't have a good history or record. even though he's a general it doesn't mean he's an outstanding general. i think that we should take this as a great opportunity to get out of...
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he plans to run 15 miles a day five days a week from california to maine running through 21 states in eight months looking to raise $2 million for veterans and wounded warriors. >> i think that's great. >> bill: it is great. >> a lot of running. >> bill: you hear about people like this and you're glad somebody else is doing it. thank you dan. >> dan, one question for you what do you think the price of a ticket for the first james bond film was compared to the price for the latest one? >> now a movie ticket is from $10 to $15. probably $1.25. >> the fact that it is the most -- has the biggest grossing number may not be all that significant. the question is how many tickets did it sell? >> okay. here is the mathematician. >> the budget guy. >> bill: okay. how bad is the fiscal cliff? >> it is terrible. this would the worst policy put in place since the end of the first depression. we went to austerity too early. we pushed the economy back into a recession. this would reduce gdp by about 3 percentage points. maybe a little bit higher. since we're only growing at about 2, that would put u
he plans to run 15 miles a day five days a week from california to maine running through 21 states in eight months looking to raise $2 million for veterans and wounded warriors. >> i think that's great. >> bill: it is great. >> a lot of running. >> bill: you hear about people like this and you're glad somebody else is doing it. thank you dan. >> dan, one question for you what do you think the price of a ticket for the first james bond film was compared to the price...
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as it is calling us from moreno valley california. i'm amazed at how many west coasters are up. >> caller: hi, john. we met at sexy liberal. i tweeted you about the scott brown conspiracy. >> john: that's right. thank you. >> caller: the democratic party needs to find somebody who's qualified to run against anybody that could run against him. because he has already got field offices up and this could be problems if john kerry gets appointed. >> john: very good chance that john kerry will be keeping his senate job but you never know. it would be nice to see him get a promotion but i think the democrats are going to want to hang on to their ten-vote majority now that angus king will be caucusing with the dems and that's a very nice caucus. we'll be taking your calls when we come back after the top of the hour. i'm john fuglesang. you're listening to the "bill press show." we find the best sweetest crab for red lobster that we can find. [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's crabfest! the only time of year you can savor 5 succulent
as it is calling us from moreno valley california. i'm amazed at how many west coasters are up. >> caller: hi, john. we met at sexy liberal. i tweeted you about the scott brown conspiracy. >> john: that's right. thank you. >> caller: the democratic party needs to find somebody who's qualified to run against anybody that could run against him. because he has already got field offices up and this could be problems if john kerry gets appointed. >> john: very good chance...
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baldrick's foundation based in california but does work all around the country to raise money for research and to childhood cancers. they solved this bet on twitter and "national journal" and they said why don't you shave your head for children with cancer. they raised all of their money through shaving people's heads. they've taken -- they've taken the walkathon concept. >> bill: st. baldrick, the patron saint of bald. >> st. baldrick's.org, go there and learn their story. that's all they do is they raise money for research into childhood cancers and they do it by shaving people's heads. normal people will set up a fund-raising page and get people to donate to it. celebrities like yourself -- >> bill: forget it. >> hold on to it while you got it. >> bill: bald woodhouse is our guest here for this part -- i haven't seen you since november 6th in studio. congratulations. >> appreciate it. >> bill: you were very much a part of this extraordinary campaign. and so what do you think made the difference in the end? you know, that last week, republicans are saying oh, man look at the crowd we're
baldrick's foundation based in california but does work all around the country to raise money for research and to childhood cancers. they solved this bet on twitter and "national journal" and they said why don't you shave your head for children with cancer. they raised all of their money through shaving people's heads. they've taken -- they've taken the walkathon concept. >> bill: st. baldrick, the patron saint of bald. >> st. baldrick's.org, go there and learn their...
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under the plan mexico will get some badly needed water storage capacity from lake knead, california, arizona, and nevada will buy water back from mexico to use the money to upgrade their canals and other infrastructure. joe scarborough has issued a semi apologize for mocking nate silver's predictions. scarborough's new op-ed is on "politico"'s website today. it's not quite a full apology, but scarborough does say in the end, silver was right. more john fugelsang coming up. stay with us. ♪ created ad message for little caesars who proudly salutes unites states veterans everywhere. >> hi, i'm rick loz. i joined the united states air force in 1987. as i was leaving the service i went into a civilian career for a little bit but i was looking for a little bit more than what the civilian career had to offer me and that's when learned about the little caesars veterans program. the little caesars veterans program helps the veterans transition to civilian life. they give them credits and discounts on the things that they are going to need to help open a new store. it was a program that they
under the plan mexico will get some badly needed water storage capacity from lake knead, california, arizona, and nevada will buy water back from mexico to use the money to upgrade their canals and other infrastructure. joe scarborough has issued a semi apologize for mocking nate silver's predictions. scarborough's new op-ed is on "politico"'s website today. it's not quite a full apology, but scarborough does say in the end, silver was right. more john fugelsang coming up. stay with...